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A river (晉水) in Shanxi Province, China, emptying into the Fen River.
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A marchland (c. 1046–677 BC) and duchy (677–376 BC) of the Zhou Kingdom around the river.
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A Chinese surname.
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A titular principality of the Wei Empire (est. AD 264) and other later Chinese states.
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An empire in China (AD 265–420) established by Sima Yan's overthrow of the Wei and replaced by barbarian conquerors in the north and Liu Yu's Song Empire in the south.
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Synonym of Sima: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
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Usage: historical
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The late 3rd to early 5th century, the era during which the Sima clan were the legitimate emperors of China.
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Usage: historical
Qualifier: chiefly Chinese contexts
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A river (Jin River, 晉江/晋江 (Jìnjiāng)) in Quanzhou Municipality, Fujian, China, emptying into the Taiwan Strait.
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A prefecture of imperial China centered on Linfen, Shanxi.
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Former name of Linfen as the seat of the prefecture.
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An realm in early-10th century Shaanxi loyal to the Tang after their overthrow by the Later Liang.
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The Later Jin, a short-lived empire in 10th-century Shaanxi; the 930s and '40s, the era of this empire.
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Synonym of Shi: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
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Usage: historical
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A Chinese dialect family (code cjy) spoken by about 45 million people in Shanxi and adjacent provinces.
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A Korean surname.
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A Chinese surname, given 29th among the Hundred Family Surnames.
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A prefecture of imperial China centered on Ankang, Shaanxi.
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Former name of Ankang as the seat of the prefecture.
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An empire in northern China (AD 1115–1234) established by an invasion of Liao by the Wanyan Jurchens and overthrown by an invasion of the Mongols.
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Usage: historical
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Synonym of Wanyan: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
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Usage: historical
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Synonym of Jurchen: the Tungusic people who ruled this empire.
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Usage: historical, uncommon
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The 12th to early 13th century, the era during which the Wanyan clan were the legitimate emperors of northern China.
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Usage: historical
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Synonym of Qing: the Chinese empire, dynasty, and era, (particularly) during the years 1616 to 1636, prior to the formal declaration of the Qing.
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Usage: historical
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A river (錦江) in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces in China, emptying into the Bei or North River.
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A river (錦江) in Sichuan Province, China, emptying into the Min River.
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A river (錦江 (贛江支流)) in Jiangxi Province, China, emptying into the Gan River.
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A prefecture of imperial China centered on Luyang, Hunan.
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Usage: historical
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Former name of Luyang as the seat of the prefecture.
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A river (靳江) in Hunan Province, China, emptying into the Xiang River.
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An ancient state or tribal confederation in northern Korea.
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Synonym of Balhae, a northern Korean state, (particularly) between its AD 698 founding and 712 renaming.
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Usage: historical
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A Japanese male given name.
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Alternative spelling of jinn.
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A portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
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History
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉 /晋 (Jìn), adopted as the name of a river in Shanxi in antiquity. As a Zhou state, from the renaming of the marchland Tang (唐) by its second marquis Ji Xie when he relocated to the Jin River c. 1000 BC. As a surname, principally from the Zhou state and its region in China. As an empire and dynastic name, from Sima Yan's status as prince of Jin under the preceding Wei Empire. As a river in Fujian, named for the empire, which settled its banks with colonizers from China's Central Plains. As a dialect, from 晉語/晋语 (Jìnyǔ), from the region of the former Zhou state.
From Korean 진(晉) (jin).
From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 金 (Jīn, literally “gold, golden”). As a surname, legendarily derived from the descendants of Shaohao who took a golden phoenix as their tribal emblem. As an area and town in Shaanxi, named for the placer deposits of gold on the Yue River. As a Jurchen empire and dynastic name, a Chinese calque of Jurchen name of the Ashi River within modern Harbin, preserved in Chinese transcription as 按出虎 (Ànchūhǔ) (Middle Chinese: ʔan-tsyhwit-xu). As a Manchu empire and dynastic name, an early continuation of the former Jurchen name prior to the 1636 proclamation of the Qing.
From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 錦 /锦 (Jǐn).
From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 靳 (Jìn). As a surname, legendarily derived from Zhurong.
From the revised romanization of Korean 진 (jin). As an ancient kingdom, originally from Chinese 辰 (chén, “5th earthly branch”), possibly used by the ancient state from its association with "east". As the medieval precursor of Balhae, originally Chinese 震, possibly intended as a variant of the original state's name (Middle Chinese: dzyin) or to signify "thunderclap", "shock", "tremor", etc. As a surname, the modern Korean form of originally separate names derived from Chinese 陳 /陈 (chén), 秦 (Qín), 眞 /真 (zhēn), as well as 晉 above.
From Japanese 仁 (“Jin”, literally “benevolence”).
From Japanese 神 (jin).
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